Tag: Monongah
From Italy to Monongah: We Must Never Forget
–Written on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Monongah Mine Disaster They came to Monongah, West Virginia, from some of the poorest regions of Italy– Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania–to work the coal mines. Like the millions of Italians who migrated to “L’america” in search of a brighter future, most had no idea of the […]
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